Sin City: That Yellow Bastard

Frank Miller’s neo-noir crime epic, published by Dark Horse beginning in 1996, follows aging detective Hartigan as he races to protect a young girl from the clutches of a grotesque, yellow-skinned predator haunting Basin City. The six-issue series, written and illustrated entirely by Miller, is a stark, stylized descent into corruption and violence, told through his signature high-contrast black-and-white art punctuated by jarring splashes of yellow. As a foundational chapter of the Sin City saga, it showcases Miller at his most visceral and cinematic, cementing the series’ reputation for brutal, hard-boiled storytelling.